All of our cats and kittens are owner surrenders or in the case of kittens, found and brought in by good samaritans. 4 Paws encourages anyone who finds a lost cat to first take the cat to their local animal control. Please read 4 Paws lost and found information for more details.

4 Paws is dedicated to providing each cat who comes to our shelter the best possible care and chances for a new family.
A cat who comes to 4 Paws with no real medical issues may spend up to 25 days at the shelter prior to adoption. Some may be here only for a day or two, others a little longer than the average.

If a cat comes to the shelter with an injury or treatable condition, the staff will provide appropriate care before that cat is placed up for adoption. This can increase the average time before adoption to 30 days or more depending on the condition.

4 Paws has over 50 volunteer foster families who care for newborns, pregnant cats, and recuperating cats until they are ready to be placed up for adoption. Our foster families directly saved the lives of over 350 animals in 2016 alone.

No cat or kitten is ever euthanized for space at 4 Paws. This is one of the reasons that we are not able to accept every cat in need and must manage our intake numbers based on available space.

We are committed to ending pet overpopulation and consider spaying and neutering the number one solution to this tragic problem.

Many of our cats are already spayed or neutered before coming to 4 Paws. Those who have not been are spayed/neutered while they are at the shelter. One hundred percent of the cats and kittens adopted are already surgically altered before they go home.

Volunteers are extremely essential to 4 Paws success in helping all the felines possible.

If you love cats, are a people-person, and can make a commitment to provide at least eight hours of service a month to 4 Paws for at least six months, please CLICK HERE for more details on all the volunteer opportunities offered at 4 Paws.

4 Paws takes in cats and kittens in a limited capacity – meaning there is a maximum number of cats we can take in and there are criteria for what felines our animal shelter can take in, care for, and find homes for. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, we must balance the needs of the community and the needs of the cats in our care, while being good stewards of the money voluntarily donated to us.

In order to provide quality care and optimal chances at adoption, 4 Paws does have guidelines on how many Felv+, FIV+, senior, and special care cats we can have in the shelter. To that end, we limit those admissions to keep the shelter population balanced and healthy.

There is also a limit to the number of cats and kittens our organization can care for. 4 Paws does not want to bring in more felines than we can manage in a healthy, respectful, loving way.
4 Paws does not euthanize for space. This does not mean that 4 Paws never euthanizes. When a medically fragile (terminal) cat can no longer be kept pain-free and the quality of life is severely diminished, 4 Paws may elect to humanely euthanize the cat.

Our goal is to provide each cat with the best possible chance of finding a loving home. A home is truly the best place for any domestic cat.

LUCKY’S FUND

Late in 2015, a white/gray cat was found on side of road riddled with BB’s. This cat was cared for by a lady until late 2016 when the cat was brought to Sun Cities 4 Paws to see if we could help.... Read More